UFO sightings in New York
There are 214 civilian UFO sighting reports from New York in the NUFORC data on this site, dated 1955 to 2013. The busiest year was 2004, with 22 reports. The shapes witnesses reported most were orb (52), disc (37) and triangle (29).
Most reports come from New York City (35), Albany (11) and Buffalo (6), out of 122 places in the state with at least one report.
UFO sightings by city in New York
Places with at least three reports. 109 other places in New York have one or two.
Recent sighting reports from New York
The 100 most recent of 214 reports, newest first. The full set is on the map and in the list view.
- 24 Oct 2013 · 20:00PlainviewTriangle· 1 h
4 lights in the shape of a triangle were seen in the night sky.
Show on map Large disk shaped flying object with lights spotted in Albany NY before dawn
Show on map- 20 Oct 2013 · 19:00GermantownOrb· 15 min
Very large, bright stationary light seen over Hudson River near Saugerties/Kingston, NY smaller lights flying toward it after a time.
Show on map Glowing lights above Brooklyn.
Show on map- 13 Oct 2013 · 19:00IrondequoitOrb· 10 min
Fireball like objects floating in the sky.....same path.
Show on map - 12 Oct 2013 · 13:00OwegoDisc· 2 min
2 Flying discs over Owego, New York, USA.
Show on map - 12 Oct 2013 · 04:30CambridgeOrb· 2 h
Flickering light moved in almost a hummingbird type fashion
Show on map - 11 Oct 2013 · 21:00FayettevilleBoomerang· 2 min
Brilliant slow moving light in fayetteville ny.
Show on map - 2 Oct 2013 · 22:00CaledoniaTriangle· 5 s
Large triangle craft passed overhead, rotated, turned 90 degrees to the right, and vanished.
Show on map - 1 Oct 2013 · 22:45Middle IslandOrb· 20 min
Orange Glowing Lights over East Long Island.
Show on map - 1 Oct 2013 · 19:20WebsterSphere· 30 min
Yellow/Orangish Balls streaking across the sky, no sound from them at all, and no tail.
Show on map Two bright, orange glowing orbs flying in formation at a steady speed to the Northeast, followed by a third glowing orb.
Show on map- 27 Oct 2012 · 20:40Wading RiverOrb· 1 min
I saw a fireball go across the night sky from east to west; very fast, no noise, no trail.
Show on map - 25 Oct 2012 · 20:30Kings ParkTriangle· 2 min
Seen triangle dark gray or black craft moving north, no lights on. could not identify sound as natural or man made
Show on map - 22 Oct 2012 · 18:20WellsvilleOrb· 1 min
Bright fireball with a tail in daylight over Wellsville, NY.
Show on map - 21 Oct 2012 · 04:00IslamoradaBoomerang· 15 s
Strange, gliding light formation/object on a beach in the Florida Keys
Show on map - 20 Oct 2012 · 19:15DelhiOrb· 10 min
I witinessed orange objects flying in unusual patterns coming from the horizon as well a silent and gliding black craft.
Show on map Reflective Silver/Orange sphere over Brooklyn
Show on map- 17 Oct 2012 · 17:55RidgewoodDisc· 3 min
White/silver oval shape flying and then disappeared over Brooklyn.
Show on map - 17 Oct 2012 · 01:05WebsterOther· 3 s
From northern sky over lake Ontario a green light appeared and fell very fast to the horizon. Shaped like a circle.Orb It seemed t
Show on map White teardrop light came out of nowhere and disappeared right over LAKE AVE.
Show on map- 14 Oct 2012 · 23:00NanuetOrb· 1 s
I never saw anything like it in my life. It was no shooting star.
Show on map - 11 Oct 2012 · 19:45Saratoga SpringsSphere· 5 min
Brightly lit object, twice the size of a planet, traversed the night sky, dimmed, and disappeared from view.((NUFORC Note: ISS? PD))
Show on map - 11 Oct 2012 · 07:00BablyonDisc· 2 min
Saw a object that was very odd in the sky over the ocean off fire island inlet!!
Show on map - 10 Oct 2012 · 23:01SuffernCigar· 20 s
UFO over Suffern NY
Show on map A cloaked disk hovered three hundred feet above two apartment buildings in the Bronx, for aproximately thirty minutes.
Show on mapBright orange circles going thru the sky in the same direction. Some were closer to each other.
Show on mapWent to move my car to the other side of the road in the city of syracuse. saw low flying lights moving east towards dowtown.
Show on mapMeteorite lands close to ithaca
Show on mapI saw a fireball over ithaca
Show on map- 24 Oct 2011 · 20:00West SenecaSphere· 20 min
White Sphere seen in West Seneca NY
Show on map - 22 Oct 2011 · 20:00CenterportSphere· 20 s
Two bright orange balls of light moved silently overhead.
Show on map - 20 Oct 2011 · 01:00JamaicaOrb· 10 s
Bright Round Circle by the moon
Show on map - 17 Oct 2011 · 23:00West WalworthOther· 15 s
Very large aircraft with lights as bright as the sun hovered near West Walworth New York
Show on map - 17 Oct 2011 · 21:30Center MorichesTriangle· 5 min
Large black triangle with pulsating, flashing white and red lights over north Center Moriches
Show on map - 15 Oct 2011 · 17:00CanandaiguaSphere· 2 min
Round brite silverish light
Show on map - 10 Oct 2011 · 10:30AshvilleSphere· 1 min
Amber object in night sky during full moon, or the day before full moon
Show on map - 10 Oct 2011 · 00:00TroyTriangle· 2 h
Red, green & orange blinking triangle formation. ((NUFORC Note: Probable sighting of a twinkling star, possibly Sirius. PD))
Show on map - 1 Oct 2011 · 00:00Staten IslandOther· 10 min
Huge bright fireball descends over Staten Island.
Show on map - 27 Oct 2010 · 21:00BrockportTriangle· 30 min
triangular ufo with 30 or more lights disappering and reappering in differant spots
Show on map 3 lights form hovering triangle and disappear behind NYC skyline
Show on map- 23 Oct 2010 · 07:00HighlandOther· 10 s
quick long flashing hovering object
Show on map silvery circular object suspended high in the sky
Show on map- 18 Oct 2010 · 07:30Honeoye FallsOther· 10 s
A possible disk shaped object is seen over Honeoye Falls, NY.
Show on map - 18 Oct 2010 · 04:00HighlandTriangle· 1 min
low flying triangle slow moving blueish white light in front smaller white lights under no sound no strobes
Show on map Balls of fire floating (not dropping) across the sky in Buffalo, NY 10-15-10.
Show on mapBright white object with blue, red, green and white lights close to Buffalo International airport... 1.5 hrs
Show on mapOrange light seen hovering and moving over Rochester
Show on mapOval metallic object
Show on mapCircle of light SUNY Albany.
Show on map- 10 Oct 2010 · 01:00Orchard ParkOrb· 2 h
Xmas colored rotating lights. ((NUFORC Note: Twinkling stars?? PD))
Show on map - 26 Oct 2009 · 21:00BabylonOrb· 5 s
The object that I witnessed reminded me of when I saw Halley's Comet, but at a very low point of the night sky.
Show on map - 25 Oct 2009 · 07:07BathOther· 8 s
Bath, NY UFO Sighting
Show on map - 19 Oct 2009 · 19:30Horseshoe LakeOther· 1 h
3 red horizontal lights low and close in sky
Show on map - 17 Oct 2009 · 21:00Hyde ParkSphere· 3 min
illuminated white sphere circleing
Show on map While traveling north on I-190, a friend and I saw a shiny object in the sky close to the horizon line. It appeared as if it was a brig
Show on mapfour lights expanding and then converging moving with me while I was driving...still visible outside
Show on map- 15 Oct 2009 · 22:00LagrangevilleCigar· 3 s
Thought a commercial airliner was about to crash...
Show on map Unknown object Over The Empire State Building
Show on mapUFO over Carousel Center in Syracuse, NY 10/14/2009
Show on map- 11 Oct 2009 · 02:45Deer ParkOther· 3 h
2 Bright Orange lights in the sky moving up, down, and circular motion with shooting streaking trail -looked like shooting star
Show on map Very faint, reddish, V shaped object observed 20 seconds.
Show on map- 23 Oct 2008 · 20:30MadridOrb· 3 min
Bright flash turns into three smaller objects.
Show on map - 18 Oct 2008 · 08:05CornwallDisc· 5 s
Disc shaped object stationary above neighborhood
Show on map - 15 Oct 2008 · 16:40Ballston LakeOther· 30 s
3 white lights in a row at night moving slowly and low.
Show on map - 15 Oct 2008 · 05:25LibertyOrb· 2 s
just wondering if anyone knows what it was..........i was going to roscoe n.y. opening day of bow season for deer, i was traveling on
Show on map - 14 Oct 2008 · 20:00BoonvilleFormation· 3 min
5-6 red globes hovering, then just disappeared
Show on map - 12 Oct 2008 · 05:20IslipOrb· 35 s
a white tiny light moving thru the sky
Show on map I live Colonie, New York, a suburb of Albany. I live within 4 miles of the Albany International Airport. Many takeoff’s and landings
Show on map- 10 Oct 2008 · 02:00SlingerlandsSphere· 4 min
Huge, moon size, orange, bright, almost complete circle
Show on map - 2 Oct 2008 · 23:00MonroeTriangle· 2 min
Triangular with red lights hovering and disappears
Show on map - 2 Oct 2008 · 19:52MiddletownOrb· 1 h
Large bright light with aircraft below it shows to me that it is not an aircraft.
Show on map - 1 Oct 2008 · 01:00MerrickDisc· 5 s
Large metalic object hovering 30-50ft off the ground,short beam coming down to ground.
Show on map 3 to 13 UFOs over Citibank building in Queens NYC in formation for about 20minutes. ((NUFORC Note: Possible hoax. PD))
Show on mapIt hovered right above my house for 20 seconds, it looked like it was searching for something.
Show on map- 21 Oct 2007 · 18:30CastileOther· 5 min
sighting of aerial object @ letchworth state park NY
Show on map Triangular object seen near Interstate 90, in Utica, NY
Show on map- 16 Oct 2007 · 15:00KingstonOrb· 3 s
Ball of light moves slowly behind a tree & disappears.
Show on map It was mat black and moved very slow West towards the Hudson River
Show on mapbright light of oval shaped object hovers in sky over Manhattan in early morning --lasted about half hour ((NUFORC Note: Venus. PD))
Show on map- 10 Oct 2007 · 13:00OwegoTriangle· 3 h
triangle with 3 llights blinking. 500 Lights On Object0: Yes
Show on map - 1 Oct 2007 · 21:00Deer ParkOther· 4 min
Moving star over eastern New York
Show on map - 27 Oct 2006 · 02:18New HartfordOther· 1 min
Odd and fast, unlike any aircraft I have seen in this area.
Show on map - 26 Oct 2006 · 23:00CoxsackieOrb· 30 min
uknown hovering lit up object observed in sky over Coxsackie ,New york
Show on map - 20 Oct 2006 · 19:51East PatchogueSphere· 6 min
Bluish White Sphere slightly sporadic in movement
Show on map - 20 Oct 2006 · 14:38East PatchogueSphere· 3 min
Small white sphere
Show on map - 20 Oct 2006 · 00:30Franklin FallsOther· 5 s
FAST GREEN LIGHT IN THE SKY BY WHITFACE MT
Show on map Radiant White object viewed in sky from Bronx River Parkway in Yonkers
Show on map- 11 Oct 2006 · 24:00RomeDisc· 2 min
I was walking from the garage to the house,I happen to look up at a plane I hurd over head, a small private plane. There's a small air
Show on map "U" shaped formation of 15-20 yellow lights flew from southward above new york city at approximately 11pm on Monday October 2, 2006
Show on mapPhotos of a UFO above Manhattan.
Show on map- 1 Oct 2006 · 21:00Orchard ParkOther· 10 h 30 min
Spotted again as before........
Show on map matte black glider type craft, no lights, no sound
Show on map- 22 Oct 2005 · 02:00LiverpoolOther· 30 min
Slow moving humming noise over house.
Show on map Did anyone see a very strange object flying above New York City on October 2, 2005? I have pictures
Show on map- 27 Oct 2004 · 23:00GeneseoOrb· 15 s
dull red lights in 3 half circles over Geneseo, NY during lunar eclipse of 2004 (red moon)
Show on map Round silent object zooms across horizon
Show on mapThe object was white and in the shape of a V-- it was very large, and moved fast across the sky
Show on mapHuge low flying black chevron shaped craft sighted on the night of the lunar eclipse.
Show on map- 27 Oct 2004 · 22:30SkaneatelesTriangle· 4 s
Triangular object with white lights and 3 smaller chasing lights
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Where these reports come from
Reports are from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) public database: what members of the public said they saw, in their own words. Nobody has checked them, and most sightings have ordinary explanations.